Rethinking Higher Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Transformative Trajectories Within a Decolonial Paradigm

This book explores the opportunities and epistemological and structural challenges facing higher education in postcolonial South Africa and argues for a fundamental transformation to meet the needs of the 21st century.Taking the concept of transformation as a unifying thread, this book discusses the evolving trajectories of higher education in South Africa, with particular emphasis on the decolonial initiatives that have emerged in the post-Apartheid era. During this time, there have been persistent calls for South Africa to move beyond Eurocentric education programmes and curricula in favour of a system that reflects the continent's culture and identities of all South Africans. The book argues that incremental reforms of existing structures are insufficient and that instead a deeper, more fundamental shift in higher education structures, values, and systems is needed. Overall, the book calls for a comprehensive transformation to expand access for historically disadvantaged communities, enhance quality and competitiveness, address past injustices, and improve the quality and capacity to act together for a more sustainable and just future.Also exploring the digital transformations which have accelerated in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, this book will be an essential read for researchers and policymakers working on higher education in South Africa.

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• Authors: Emnet Tadesse Govender Woldegiorgis
• Assisted by: Dennis Zami Atibuni (Editor), Logan Govender (Editor), Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 07.05.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9781032869827
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3286982-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Routledge Contemporary South Africa
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Medicine, Africa, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Social Work, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Philosophy and theory of education, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Educational strategies and policy, Medicine and Nursing, Decolonisation and postcolonial studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies